The Nintendo Switch has been tough to get hold of recently and there’s a very good reason for that: stock has been low – but this is all set to change.
According to the WSJ, Nintendo is double the amount of Switches it was going to produce between April of this year and March 2018.
It had planned to make 8 million consoles in this time, but it will now make 16 million.
Putting that into a little bit of context: the Wii U in its entire lifespan has sold around 13.56 million units. Manufacturing more than this number in the coming year doesn’t mean that Nintendo will sell all of those units, but it does show that the gaming giant has a lot of confidence in the console.
It will still have some way to go to beat the Wii, though, which smashed through the 100 million barrier during its time on sale. And latest reports suggest that a slowdown is already happening.
BGR is reporting that Switch sales in Japan have slowed significantly in their second week – the lack of stock around, though, may have something to do …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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